96% of consumers say fuel economy is an important factor in their choice of vehicle - and it’s the single most desired improvement on their current vehicles. Which is why they’re going to love this CAFE standards rollback! advocacy.consumerreports.org/press_releas...

Thinking about how this could align with the "flex funding" concept discussed on the latest @volts.wtf episode. Can RTA keep fares low to encourage more ridership by shifting highway funds to transit?

Bank sent me a new debit card. It expires in 2030. We are living in the future.

I’ve mentioned it before but it’s happened again: a very large percentage of our child-related travel is medium-distance trips that don’t line up well with transit (so it’s barely faster than walking) but biking is literally as fast as driving. Bike-friendly cities are family-friendly cities!

Love seeing @rockymtninst.bsky.social citing StreetLight's research, and anytime you can use that Caltrans bigger roads, more traffic in a post, you've got me. rmi.org/the-domino-e...

This lineup is so good. @evanstonspace.bsky.social making their own @newportfolk.bsky.social out here in Evanston!

Car culture is learned helplessness. Thank you for coming to my TED Talk. www.chicagomag.com/chicago-maga...

Komar & Melamid predicted AI slop in 1993 www.artsy.net/article/arts...

#Severance is a long-form animal rights allegory. #EmileThanksYou

Weak. International conglomerate can’t deal with ice cream man talking about peace. Next thing they’ll reformulate Cherry Garcia with raw milk. www.detroitnews.com/story/busine...

This is just a story about how Chicago-style pizza is an intimidating meal www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/d...

The Gallagher Brothers and John Lennon are Irish and there's no convincing me otherwise www.limerickleader.ie/news/arts---...

Starting to think the 16e launch was a stealth campaign to reinvigorate the MagSafe brand. It’s all anyone talks about. www.macworld.com/article/2616...

Iron laws of children’s movies: 1) All protagonists must be orphans or, at minimum, be traumatically abandoned by their parents. 2) Every film must have this scene. 3) That is all. youtu.be/yi7fhTRCkqg?...

Absolutely. And in the US, not only is transportation policy incredibly arcane but also the roads are terrible AND the trains are terrible. Stands to reason that the average person believes they care more about getting from point A to B than the govt does.

Corporate America: Ground your business travelers until the FAA is restored.

Interesting mix of small and huge venues. NH/SC vs. Folsom and United Center

Beyond parody.

Dark "stroads" are deadly. This is a choice. It doesn't have to be this way. www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/pedestr...

Saw a Deadhead sticker on an IPA www.dogfish.com/blog/Gratefu...

Chiefs fans this morning.

NBC Producers Deny Using AI In New Series ‘Detective Fireman Lawyer Chicago Los Angeles Show’ theonion.com/nbc-pro...

Just in case you thought that removing DEI criteria would mean that everyone is competing equally: NIH is removing grad students from underrepresented backgrounds from the applicant pool altogether. Their applications will not be considered. Other students, not from these backgrounds, will be.

“Although the Inflation Reduction Act was passed by Democrats, 80 percent of the law’s investments so far have gone to Republican congressional districts. So far, however, many Republicans have refrained from criticizing the spending freeze.” 😑 www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/c...

Who will save her soul?

Bleak.

Remember when Elon fired an entire business unit and then hired them back? They’re just going to try that with the whole federal government, huh? arstechnica.com/cars/2024/05...

Imagine if you wanted to

Glad that my kids think taking transit is as fun as a carnival ride, but this is so true: "A transit system is no good if the avg family can't ride it out of fear for their safety. Loud noises, threats [etc will not] be tolerated by the avg person & when they can simply drive instead, they will."

From duck curve to ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ curve!

Check out that drop in evening gas generation! Storage (+ solar) is crushing the evening peak in California. 🔌💡

In DC for TRB next week? MIT prof @cathywu.bsky.social and I will lead an informal discussion on Tues about road safety & engineering, focused on Killed by a Traffic Engineer and Confessions of a Recovering Engineer. 3:30p on 1/7 in the lobby of the Downtown Westin (999 9th St NW). Join us!

Someone call Sotheby’s blockclubchicago.org/2024/12/27/c...

Individual sleighs are an inherently inefficient and irresponsible way to deliver presents. Santa should use high-speed rail, public transit, and an e-bike.

That the Jim Carrey/Ron Howard Grinch movie both predates AI slop and yet perfectly predicts it…is a true cinematic achievement.

Saw someone carrying a box that said “candy salad” today. We did it, America.

If Fuller had just taken it easy on the Pepsi, Kevin never would have been left home alone.

The perfect gift for everyone on your list.

This but for children’s music.

In American cities, roads and parking cover 40-70% of the usable surface area of the entire city. That's a gigantic area of land. 44.

Very cool way to avoid AI-generated schlock made for kids. And they have a bunch more for Nature, Food, Antiques Roadshow. I access these via Plex. www.iowapbs.org/article/1132...

This is the purpose of the spreadsheet (which I will update later today, promise):

@charleswlogan.bsky.social 👀

Happy Last Waltz season to those who celebrate. It is streaming if you’re looking. www.justwatch.com/us/movie/the...

Let’s stop calling them skeets. “BS posts” is so much better. Please. 🙏

Who needs menswear guy when you could just dress like this every day?

No relationship between voting shifts to Trump at the county level and spending per capita on projects from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, CHIPS and Science Act, or Inflation Reduction Act.

The kind of people who would modify their car’s exhaust to be louder also scored high on the “psychopathy and sadism” scale.

Maybe time to break out “other sources”, EIA? 🔌